MINUATE VERB to make less; to diminish, to reduce ...1657 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from classical Latin minu-, present stem of minuere (to lessen, to diminish) + -ate FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1657 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Its faculty is to minuate the spleen, to break and expell the stone, to move urine, to abate singulture, and cure the Jaundies..." From: A Medicinal Dispensatory, Containing The Whole Body of Physick - Jean de Renou Translated by Richard Tomlinson
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